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A new season of parenting
A shaky child on a bicycle for the first time needs both support and freedom. The realization that this is what the child will always need can hit hard.” ~Sloan Wilson Note: This essay was published earlier this year (“A New Season of Parenting”) in Metro Parent magazine. It was written especially for friends whose children will be starting college this fall… It’s going to be a roller coaster year for a friend whose youngest child will graduate from high school in May, then head out of state to college in August. My friend is already working through some conflicting emotions. She gets a little teary at the thought of…
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Random acts of art
“The finest of pleasures are always the unexpected ones.” ~Erin Morgenstern, The Night Circus Lately, on our daily walks with Coco at the Clawson City Park, Doug and I have spotted a few hand-painted rocks left along the trail, placed there for someone else to discover and admire. These charming pieces of art always stop me on the path, reminding me that life’s sweetest pleasures are often the ones we’re not planning or expecting. ~CL Photo by Cindy La Ferle
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The sound of a door closing
“Close some doors today. Not because of pride, incapacity, or arrogance, but simply because they lead nowhere.” ~Paulo Coehlo Castello di Amoroso, Calistoga, CA / Cindy La Ferle
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The anti-aging backlash
“Aging is not lost youth, but a new stage of opportunity and strength.” ~Betty Friedan Allure, September 2017 Topping my list of things that make me happy this month is Allure magazine’s resolution to stop using the term “anti-aging.” (You can read the full editorial in the September 2017 issue here.) Women of all ages are applauding the magazine’s stand on this important topic, and it’s time for fashion editors and cosmetic companies to start paying attention.Getting older, after all, isn’t something we can avoid — and it’s not a disease to be cured. Aging is a natural process; our human destiny. Most women, however, are brainwashed to believe that aging…
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Celebrating our individuality
“Being a ‘one-of-a-kind’ means we are automatically the best in the world at what we do.” ~Victor Williamson Historic glass collection at the Henry Ford /Cindy La Ferle
